1. Flail chest: Monitor pulse oximetry and blood gases, intubate and ventilate if there is hypoxia or respiratory distress. Consider early intubation in elderly or severe multitrauma patients. 2. Open, sucking/blowing wound in the chest wall: Do not suture or pack before thoracostomy tube insertion. Danger of tension pneumothorax! A Square gauze taped on only 3 sides can be applied while preparing for chest tube insertion. 3. Tension pneumothorax: Initial decompression with needle insertion through the
Platelets should be transfused at a rate of 10 milliliters per minute for approximately 30 minutes, explains the Department of Pathology at the University of Michigan Health System.
Donating just your platelets, however, provides one whole platelet transfusion for a patient in need. The average platelet count is between 150,000 and 450,000 platelets per microliter of blood.The donation does not significantly decrease the number of platelets in the donorâs body, and the donated platelets are replaced in approximately two days.he qualifications for platelet donors are similar to those for whole blood donations. The minimum age is 17 (16 with signed parental consent form*), and platelet donors must weigh at least 125 lbs. (110 lbs.